I thought at first the film sims only affect jpegs and not the RAW. Well on DXO PL 8 Elite on the other forum I didn't know that for RAW to get that film sim I intended to shoot is to go to Type Generic Rendering and then Rendering from Camera (Velvia) in this case. So from here on in I will just shoot with RAW.
They seem to be in easy supply now in the UK fwiw. Amazon had them in stock last night, some camera shops in London have them on shelves. I was a bit surprised by that given the struggle in the USA.
So USA fans, why not plan a trip to England for a camera pickup and first shoot
It definitely seems like the EU is having better luck than the US with stock, my local shop laughed last week when I asked, they said they are still hundreds of pre-orders behind.
Facebook groups are still awash with scammers as well, which are getting pretty decent at editing in their information on the "proof" notes.
Still rocking my V, though I have been tempted to try to snag a VI somewhere for an upcoming trip to Japan where I feel the IBIS would come in handy.
They've been starting to appear briefly for sale with no wait in Canada. I got one mid-April from Downtown Camera in Toronto because I happened to see it in stock online on a Saturday morning. By the end of the day they were sold out. At the same time, Gosselin Photo in Quebec had it available too and it didn't last much longer. Two weeks ago I noticed The Camera Store in Calgary had stock for a bit too.
Just got back from Athens. Did a shoot over there. The X100VI is perfect for strolling more than 19K steps :-) For the nth time, I am so glad I persevered with the long wait! Processed these RAW files with Astia as the colour profile. Last time I shot with Negative Pro Hi but I know I had to raise the shadows. Also considered Velvia but the skin tones will be too reddish. So I went with Astia with its warm skin tones and vibrant enough to capture the beauty of Athens.
So now that camera has been out quit a while. How well does the focus system actually work out in the real world. Like say for street photography.
I had the x100V and it was a huge disappointment. Just like the X-T3, it often missed focus even using single point AF. Continues shooting was not better. And if I shot a burst, prob one was "in" but I end up missing the composition I was after. I shoot primarily scene based street photography, so i pre focus on a spot, wait for a subject to get where i want in the frame, then shoot.
And testing the x100v at point between 5 meters and infinity (enabling the focus distance scale), show this quit clearly. Focusing on 5 meters mark often hit close to infinity or closer to the foreground, same for the infinity mark. I would say 75% hit rate. The original Leica Q is super accurate in compression. Rearly ever missed focused and hit rate in the same senario using a singel point AF 100%
I still loved the colors and the size of the camera.
gdanmitchell wrote:
Fred, the only thing I’d say to that point about the specialness of shooting with a fixed lens is that you can get that by putting a single prime on a small body like the XT5, too.
I had a chance to shoot with one of the earlier X100 models, and I liked the camera quite a bit. I was sorely tempted, in part because it reminded me of some of the old-school 35mm cameras that I shot with many years ago. But the more I thought about it the more I realized that there were few situations in which it would provide enough of an advantage over a small ILC body with a prime to justify buying it. (Plus, I can choose _which_ “fixed” focal length I want to use with my XT5.)
I still like the concept of the X100 cameras a lot, and can sort of see it as a second body to accompany a ILC Fujifilm body....Show more →
I have an X-T5 on order that arrives tomorrow, and I plan to try it with my 27/2.8 pancake that's currently glued to my X-M5.
That said: For me, the X-T5 with the nearest equivalent pancake, the not-yet-released 23/2.8, is not a perfect substitute for the X100VI. I value the X100VI's f/2 aperture, 10cm MFD (half the MFD of the 23/2.8), built-in ND filter, and lighter weight (24% lighter than X-T5 + 23/2.8 combo).
Edit to add: The X100VI with the wide angle conversion lens retains the 10cm MFD and f/2, which bests even the Q3 MFD in macro mode of 17cm and max aperture of f/2.8. Just another something I like about my X100VI.
Tor82 wrote:
So now that camera has been out quit a while. How well does the focus system actually work out in the real world. Like say for street photography.
I sold my X100VI after a week due to the terrible autofocus. I’m sure it’s probably fine for most people but for me, it was a deal breaker.
There were two problems - firstly, the lens motor can’t move fast enough and it’s very noisy, it’s honestly like you stepped back 20yrs ago (when I had a Kodak DX4530). Secondly, it couldn’t focus accurately or at all in some lower light condition - eg part of the scene was in a shadow, it just couldn’t focus. Not a particularly challenging scene. I did turn on performance mode but it made only a small difference.
I do have high standards for autofocus, so bear that in mind. But I expect the camera to be able to consistently focus and do so accurately and quickly. My reference point for a compact today would be my old Canon 6D + 35mm F2 USM which came out in 2012. A 2024 camera that cannot focus as well as a decade+ older DSLR feels like a huge backward step. It’s possible the limitation is due to size constraints yet I’m not convinced technological progress means we can’t have a fast focusing and small lens. I’m waiting to see when Sony release a compact.
Otherwise the camera was great but I couldn’t get past the autoficus / lens - if I can’t reliably depend on the ability to get a shot, then the camera is useless for my purposes.
As I noted earlier, I have high standards - adjust your expectations accordingly.
milend wrote:
I sold my X100VI after a week due to the terrible autofocus. I’m sure it’s probably fine for most people but for me, it was a deal breaker.
There were two problems - firstly, the lens motor can’t move fast enough and it’s very noisy, it’s honestly like you stepped back 20yrs ago (when I had a Kodak DX4530). Secondly, it couldn’t focus accurately or at all in some lower light condition - eg part of the scene was in a shadow, it just couldn’t focus. Not a particularly challenging scene. I did turn on performance mode but it made only a small difference.
I do have high standards for autofocus, so bear that in mind. But I expect the camera to be able to consistently focus and do so accurately and quickly. My reference point for a compact today would be my old Canon 6D + 35mm F2 USM which came out in 2012. A 2024 camera that cannot focus as well as a decade+ older DSLR feels like a huge backward step. It’s possible the limitation is due to size constraints yet I’m not convinced technological progress means we can’t have a fast focusing and small lens. I’m waiting to see when Sony release a compact.
Otherwise the camera was great but I couldn’t get past the autoficus / lens - if I can’t reliably depend on the ability to get a shot, then the camera is useless for my purposes.
As I noted earlier, I have high standards - adjust your expectations accordingly. ...Show more →
That does seem odd. Mine's insanely fast to focus and only misses if I choose field AF and expect it to read my mind. I use single point AF, and I'm quite happy with it. Maybe they improved the firmware since you had yours, IDK. And all Fujifilm cameras are finicky about picking the perfectly-sized single-point AF box size based on the area of the subject/contrast where one wants it to focus. Eye-AF with single point and a single subject is also fast and reliable for me – about a 90% hit rate on the iris of the eye (still behind Canon R5 I had, which was nearly 100% even in continuous/tracking). The 100VI iris hit rate is higher than my Zf with the 40/2 was, which loved to focus on eyelashes all day long.
